anyone care to help a noob priest

Anyway several friends keep telling me to make a different chr.
Man priest used to level fast and all that but now they are duds.

I am shadow build and at 41 the quest have me killing 36-39 level mobs.
Not a big deal but I am just killing soooo damn slow.
My dps is 79
79?

And although I am not dying from ads I have to really watch myself.

Has shadow been nerfed and now leveling is a joke or are they just stupid?
How can I increase my damage?
What rotation should I be doing?

If I have a mob my level or worried about a bad pull.
PW shield, mb, pain, maybe a plague. then wand like crazy.
stacking int and spirit on every item.
Keeping everything as close to my level as I can.

Re: anyone care to help a noob priest

oh yea have to ask no one said shield in their rotation, use it?
Is it a waste except for ads?

Shield is a waste of mana vs 1 target.

Originally Posted by Neeklus

Was I the only one who levelled as shadow without using shadow form? I found MF to be pathetic solo simply because you'd get one or two ticks off before pushback. Total waste of mana.

if you do it right, the mob you are facing doesnt reach you till you are done your second MF... sometimes its dead before that

MB+SWP+Mindflay .. mob should be at 25% hp... wand+swp ticks should kill it (if not MF/MB 1 more time) this gives you time to enter 5sec regen combined with spirit tap when mob dies your mp will be over 75% all the time.

Shadow leveling without shadow form is like a warrior leveling arms while being in defensive stance.. makes no sense.

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major: [item=42415] and [item=42407] are good... i guess. not sure if [item=42408] works with shadowform. maybe [item=42402] if you use innerfire.... pretty useless glyphs imo.
minor: [item=43371] and [item=43370]

Re: anyone care to help a noob priest

Originally Posted by Amgyn

major: [item=42415] and [item=42407] are good... i guess. not sure if [item=42408] works with shadowform. maybe [item=42402] if you use innerfire.... pretty useless glyphs imo.
minor: [item=43371] and [item=43370]

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A lot of people say using shield when only facing one target is a waste of mana but I ALWAYS did. And someone else suggested Holy Fire which is a terrible idea for a shadow priest. Not only do you drop Shadowform, but the dot tick for it is abysmal. At least they made it worth casting for a soloing holy priest.

I'd do exactly what people suggested, Pain, Flay, Flay, Flay. I also SWD to finish them off, but that can be grisly if you don't kill them with it. "crap, now what? wand?"

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ok I will get the glyphs and give all this a try.
Is stacking int or spirit the most important? yes I have put owl on most everything.
But I am not sure if 50/50 is better or worse than 100% of the other ones.

glyph of shadows.. While in Shadowform, your spell critical strikes increase your spell power by 10% of your Spirit for 10 sec.

really glyph of fortitude. Its a 30 minute spell I don't see 50% of the cost as I will always renew it out of combat.

overall looking thru the list I would say that priest not only get nerfed to heck in shadow the glyphs of priest in general suck.

Nezoia it was the gear....I think you scared most of the mobs to death LOL

does levitate work with mount or on foot only?
Man that skill on my DK was great in tundra and howling. Just ride over everything...